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I finally have the go ahead for the release of the Nameless Dwarf reboot, starting with Ravine of Blood and Shadow, which will be released at the end of January 2019. As many of you know, Ravine of Blood and Shadow is a fully revised version of Carnifex: A Portent of Blood. As well as…

I’m 1/3rd of the way through revisions of book 3: Curse of the Black Axe. So far I’ve fully revised book 1: Ravine of Blood and Shadow, and book 2: Mountain of Madness. I intend to have all 6 original Nameless Dwarf books revised by mid-late October. I’ve written two chapters of book 7, planned…

It’s been nine years since I wrote the first Nameless Dwarf story, a short story called The Ant-Man of Malfen. Ant-Man was accepted for publication in volume five of Pulp Empire, and from then on in I began to receive emails asking for more. The first five Nameless Dwarf novellas I subsequently wrote were published…

From 1-5 August many of the 300 books entered into the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off 2018 will be available for only $0.99 The idea is to get as many readers’ eyes on the blog-off entries as possible and raise visibility for all the entrants. This year i have two entries, both of which will be $0.99…

I’ve almost finished with the revisions of Once A King. It’s off to test readers first and then to my agent. In the meantime, here’s my first attempt at a blurb: ONCE A KING (A Feud of Shadows book 1) Tul Turic was a hero among the Brigantir. A legend. A king. But after the…

As a storm rages above the ravine city of Arx Gravis, a woman goes into labor. But this is no ordinary woman. She is Yyalla Thane, descended from the dwarf lords of old, and her child will fulfill a prophecy of hope and doom. Birth of the Nameless Dwarf is a short story introduction to the…

I have ten free copies of the Sorcerers’ Isle audiobook (narrated by Steven Pacey) to give away to prospective reviewers. If you run a review blog or are simply prepared to write a review on Audible.com and Amazon.com please email me your interest at derekpprior[at]gmail.com To listen to a sample, please click on the image…

The audiobook of Sorcerers’ Isle, published by Audible Studios and narrated by Steven Pacey (The Blade Itself, Before They Are Hanged, Last Argument of Kings) is now available. Listen to a FREE sample of Sorcerers’ Isle here: Steven Pacey (born 5 June 1957 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire) is an English actor, best known for his…